Atropine 0.1 mg/ml injection syringe at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER

1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$0.10 with BCBS vs $30.50 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.10
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.11
BCBS BAV $0.11
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.11
BCBS HMO $0.14
BCBS PPO $0.14
BCBS EPOSOA $0.14
United SmallGroup $0.17
Cigna CSN $0.17
United AllPayerAppendix $0.17
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.17
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.18
Cigna PPO $0.22
Humana HMO $0.68
Humana PPO $0.68
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.29
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.29
Superior Health Plan STAR $2.29
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2.29
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.29
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.96
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.96
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.96
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.96
United OptionsPPO $6.40
Molina Healthcare HIX $10.29
BCBS Traditional $13.34
United GlobalAppendix $17.15
Coventry National First Health COMM $20.32
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $30.50

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Atropine 0.1 mg/ml injection syringe at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $39.46 $0.05 – $10.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $39.46 $0.05 – $10.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $0.10 – $0.68
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $0.10 – $0.68
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $81.29 $0.19 – $0.19
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $117.97 $0.19 – $0.30
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $16.91 $0.05 – $48.30
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $65.39 $0.11 – $35.06

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